Hellenic Petroleum acquires juwi’s 204 MW solar power plant project
The fossil fuel giant in transition counts on domestic added value of 40% and hints at the possibility to add electricity storage or other innovative solutions. Hellenic Petroleum leaves German partners in charge of construction in Kozani. The facility would be the biggest of its kind now in Southeastern Europe. Greece’s dominant fuel and petrochemicals […]
Cyprus passes EUR 60.2 million guarantee for concentrated solar power project
Solastor from Australia devised the solution. Alfa Mediterranean is waiting for a loan from the European Investment Bank to start building the concentrated solar power system. It is backed by an EU program. The minority government of Cyprus has succeeded in its fourth attempt to squeeze a European NER300 funding project through parliament, with the […]
Sarajevo to track builders’ impact on air quality; kindergartens get purifiers
Preschoolers in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital will breathe more easily after the procurement in which UNDP assisted local authorities. The cantonal government also prepared a methodology and dispersion model for air pollution sources and the effect of structures planned for construction. A severe deterioration in air quality in the past months prompted public outcry and […]
Borusan EnBW gets loan from EBRD, ICBC to add 72 MW to wind farm
The new project in northwest Turkey costs USD 101 million. Borusan EnBW must adapt the existing 28 MW wind park’s operations to protect birds and bats. A part of the USD 74 million credit package will be used to reprogram a leasing arrangement. The Kıyıköy power plant is growing to 100 MW. The European Bank […]
GGF approves EUR 10 million for BKT Kosovo’s* green lending portfolio
Clients are getting access to home renovation loans and firms will be able to upgrade production processes and energy or service supply systems. GGF provides packages for green lending to its local partners. More opportunities for efficiency in energy and resource use in Kosovo* are about to be opened, according to the Green for Growth […]
Resalta secures EUR 12 million loan from EIB for energy efficiency services
The energy services provider intends to expand in Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Serbia and the Western Balkans overall. The funding for Resalta was agreed within the Investment Plan for Europe for the second time. Energy intensity in Southeastern Europe is high and there is a need for energy efficiency and energy management, according to a press […]
EU scolds Croatia for delay in reporting on energy efficiency
Downsizing and the faulty database of the former relevant authority in Zagreb blocked the European Commission from getting a complete picture of progress in the European Union. Croatia now has a different agency tasked with providing the annual retrospective on energy efficiency. The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Energy said it would “very soon” publish […]
North Macedonia to use coal pit Oslomej for 100 MW photovoltaic project
Applications will be received until May 8. The investor is obligated to secure EUR 80 million, the entire estimated cost. North Macedonia’s state-owned utility ESM was declared the public partner for Oslomej, where the photovoltaic power plant will consist of two equal units. Prime minister Oliver Spasovski said solar arrays on the location of a […]